Win2K Freezing constantly

[Oghma24]

I have just installed Windows 2000 Professional, and I am getting a combination of freezing and error messages. Re-installing does not help, this is not a hardware issue. (Only happens with Win2k) The application Logs generated state "WMI ADAP was unable to load the Perfctrs.dll performance library due to an unknown problem within the library: 0x0." There is also another application log that is generated that states " Unable to read IO control information from NBT device." (Perfctrs.dll is the title) I am guessing that this perfctrs.dll is kaput, but I don't know what to do about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[rcastillo]

did you try the Microsoft support site?

check the following link:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q257/7/60.ASP

[Oghma24]

This was a clean install, and it is on an MSI kt266 Motherboard, with an AMD Athlon T-Bird 1200c Mhz cpu, and 256Mb DDR Ram. I am not overclocking it, and the initial errors have disappeared, but have been replaced now with "The device , \Device\Scsi\viadsk2, did not respond within the timeout period. " I don't have any Scsi devices in this system, so I don't know where this is coming from.

[Oghma24]

I also have an ASUS V7700 GeForce2 32 Mb DDR video card, and Windows 2000 Professionalis the only OS that I could get the drivers for this card to work on, and even those weren't the ones shipped with the card itself. (I downloaded an older version) I also have a creative soundblaster Platinum 5.1 sound card installed, but these 2 items are working beautifully.

[rcastillo]

Originally posted by Oghma24
I don't have any Scsi devices in this system, so I don't know where this is coming from.

Do you have Zip, LS-120, Scanners or anything else you can think of? Sometimes, they are associated with "scsi" even if they are USB, or parallel.

Have you installed the motherboard drivers/utilities? sometimes we do this the first time we build systems and then when we rebuild or upgrade we forget and wonder why it doesn't work. Just some thoughts.

Good luck,
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rc

[Oghma24]

I do have this USB Host to Host bridge that doesn't have any drivers installed because I can't find any for them. (Perhaps I should look at the M\B cd) Would this cause a timeout error though? I'll try to find some drivers for this and see if that works.

[Oghma24]

Well, I did find some drivers for the USB Host to Host bridge, but that didn't help any. All and every attempt at downloading Service pack 1 have failed miserably, causing the system to freeze up. I have tried absolutly everything and it has been all to no avail. I am going to wipe everything and never install Windows 2000 ever again. Stable my ass.

[rcastillo]

bummer!

Does the computer have a connected NIC? Win2k may be looking for a connection, causing the "time-out".

Did you go through the steps outlined in the post to Microsoft I gave? It sure did sound like the problem you are having.

I have Win2K on a partition and didn't have any problems installing it on my K6 200MHz. Don't use it much though, since my internet sharing software only works with win9x and boy, not a day goes by that win98 doesn't crash!

Better luck to you with the new install. Let us know if you find a solution. It will be strange if it works the second time since you haven't changed anything. Good luck, nonetheless.

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rc

[Oghma24]

I haven't re-installed yet, as I thought I'd best sleep on it before I did anything else. Did you re-install Win2k from dos, or just run it? It sounds like exactly what my problem is, and I have gotten rid of a PILE of the error messages I was receiving, narrowing it down to one stickler, this \Device\Scsi\viadsk2 not responding within the timeout period. I can't install most programs right now, but the ones I have installed are, for the most part working. (No worse than what I could expect from Windows 98)

[chrissy]

The VIA 4 in 1 drivers 4.26-4.28 has SCSI detection issues for IDE drives/devices.

It will basically come up and say they are SCSI.

goto http://www.viahardware.com and hit 4 in 1 drivers on the right and pick up new mobo drivers.

good luck

[Oghma24]

EEEUUUUUURRRRREEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKAAAAAA!!!!!!

A combination of the Via 4-in-1 drivers and disabling the write cache on my hard drive has resolved all of my issues!! Thanks alot for all the help guys!! I'm positive I would have taken a sledge hammer to this thing pretty soon!! =)

[johram]

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Originally posted by Oghma24
I don't have any Scsi devices in this system, so I don't know where this is coming from.
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do you have a raid chipset? that does show up as a scsi device on win2k

also if you install the via 4 in one drivers it might show up as a scsi device in your device manager.

can you post scree shots of your device manager disk controller section?

cheers,
johram

[johram]

also I dont know if you have had any problems with jerky DVD playback...

I had problems of that sort and discovered that DMA could only be enabled on the primary master.

are the controllers showing up as scsi devices?
cause it makes a difference in your ability to enable/disable fetures like DMA or sync data transfer et. al.

[johram]

....I KNOW he said it was fixed...

but the cd(dvd) drives do work fine if recognised as scsi devices...

he will just notice the problem when he tries to burn a CDR(W) w/o DMA mode

or watch a DVD.

just trying to offer some precautionary advice...thought it might be more helpful than that reacionary after-he's-fucked-up-half-his-cdr's advice...

chill mate:)

[Oghma24]

Actually, This only sort of fixed my problems. Since my last post, I have had an innumerate amount of freezing, blue screens, and crashing. The only error message is generated by an automatic reboot, which says a "bugcheck rebooted the system." I have the can of gasoline ready, and a pack of matches. This isn't going to be pretty. I just wish I could figure out why I can't load ANY drivers for my video card on any OS except Win2K. This system is SOOO unstable, that I can't play ANY online games. I had to really tweak everything just to successfully install them. Now I am soo tired of wrestling with this stupid machine, that I might just return it all. (Oh yes, my speakers just blew a circuit too.)

[Oghma24]

Oh yes, the Via 4-in-1 drivers fixed all the scsi /IDE issues, and everything is reading as it should, so that problem HAS been resolved. Really, the only time I have problems is when I try to play a graphics intensive game. Then everything hits the crapper. So far I am trying to run some stuff without the sound drivers, this may actually be my culprit, as things are going smoothly so far, but I need to test this theory still by installing EQ and seeing what happens. DON'T EVEN TALK TO ME ABOUT SERVICE PACK 1 EITHER!!! It does nothing but force me to do an emergency repair and uninstall. SP1 is EVIL!!! EVIL EVIL EVIL!!!!!

[despayre]

if you're having problems while running 3d apps, and have a geforce(x) card, check this out for help:

http://www.geforcefaq.com

hope it helps!

[Oghma24]

Oh my god!! I love the Team Anarchy Site! This is exactly what I've been going through, although to tell you guys the truth, after re-installing Win2k AGAIN! I left the sound drivers out, and I haven't had a single problem since. While I intend to test this without sound all week (My speakers shorted out somehow so I can't have sound anyways until the warranty replacements arrive) I have the feeling that this is the nasty little bugger that made my life a nightmare for 3 weeks. I'll keep everyone posted, but I've been playing EQ WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS for 2 days now. (This is something that NEVER happened for more than 10 minutes with the sound drivers installed.)